Open right knee, rotating through the right hip to lift knee toward ceiling. Glutes should engage.

You may already know the benefits of strength training for your run performance: more power, better balance, improved efficiency, and potentially lower risk of injury, to name a few. But actually ...

But like everything else in life, when it comes to strength training, you can have too much of a good thing. Lift too often ...

A good strength training program for runners blends current fitness with running goals. Which is to say it needs to be progressive, not leave you too sore to run and focus on some of the common ...

Runners do need protein for muscle repair, especially after long runs or hard workouts, and there’s a time and a place for a (preferably low-added-sugar) protein bar. But whole food sources, like eggs ...

Meredith Dietz is Lifehacker’s Senior Staff Writer. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English and Communications from Northeastern University, where she graduated as valedictorian of her college.

High-frequency running, circuit training, and yoga — you’ve tried it all. You wonder where you should even start, overwhelmed and stressed by the endless clusters of information available to you.

As a running novice currently training for a half marathon, consistent runs on a sensible timetable have helped my distances, times, and confidence improve. But it can sometimes feel like there's more ...